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St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-03

the Lords host into the fight; and
with Hannah, who gave her Samuel to
the Lord; and with Mary, who rocked
Jesus to sleep while there were angels
singing in the air; and with Florence
Nightingale, who bound up the battle
wounds of the Crimea, you will, from the
chalice of God, drink to the souls eternal
rescue.
One twilight, after had been playing
with the children for some time, l lay
down on the lounge to rest. The children
said. play more. Children always want
to play more. And, half asleep and half
awake, seemed to dream this dream: 1t
seemed to me that / was in far-distant
land-not Persia, although more than
Oriental luxuriance crowned the cities ;
nor the tropics-although more than
tropical fruitfulness filled the gardens :;
nor Italy-althoug more than Italian
softness filled the air. And l wandered
around, looking for thorns and nettles,
but found none of them grew there.
And l walked forth and | saw the sun
rise, and | said "When will it set again ?"
and the sun sank not. And | saw all
the people in holiday apparel, and
I said: "When will they put on work
ingman's garb again, and delve in the
mine, and swelter at the FORGE" but
neither the garments nor the robes did
they put off And / wandered in the
suburbs, and | said: "Where do they
burg the dead of this great city," and
looked along by the hills where it would
be most beautiful for the dead to sleep,
and | saw castles, and towns, and battle
ments; but not mausoleum, nor mOnu-
ment, nor white slab could | see. And
| went into the great chapel of the town,
and said: "Where do the poor wor-
ship? where are the benches on which
they sit 2" and voice answered: 1--WE
have no poor in this great city" And |
wandered out, seeking to find the
place where were the novels of the deS-
titute; and found mansions of amber,
and ivory, and gold, but no tear did see
or sigh hear | was bewildered; and |
sat under the shadow Of a great tree, and
| said: xvi hat am |, and whence comes
all this?' And at that moment there
came from among the leaves, skipping up
the tlOwery paths and across the sparkling
waters, a very bright and sparkling
group; and when | saw their step |
knew it, and when heard their voices |
thought | knew them: but their apparel
was so different from anything | had
ever seen, bowed. a stranger to stran
gers. But after a while, when they clapped
their hands, and shouted: "Welcomc
welcome. the mystery was solved, and |
saw that time had passed and that eternity
had come, and that God had gathered us
up into higher home; and | said: Are
we all here:' and the voices Of innumer
able generations answered All here.
And while tears of gladness were raining
down our cheeks, and the branches of the
Lebanon cedars were clapping their
hands, and the towers of the great city
were Ginning their welcome, we began
to laugh and sing and leap and shout;
Home! Home. Home"
Then felt a child's hand on my face,
and it woke me- The children wanted
to play more. Children always want to
play more.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-03
COSGR ESSIONAL Blu SDERS.
Unpleasant Position of Treasury Officials
on Augmentation Bills.


The accounting officers of the treasury,
havingnow fairly settled down to the work
of distributing the appropriations for the t>-
cal year 1873, find themselves confronted
by the usual evidences Of bunders resulting
from the plan of crowding the consideration
of appropriation bills into the last few days
of the session. The aggregate sums named
in the bills as being provided to pay the item
lied salaries are seldom sufficient for the
purpose. 1t would be unfair, perhaps, to
suggest that the lump sums, which are the
items most likely to catch the eye of the cas-
ual reader are kept down for effect, with
full knowledge that if the detailed apprO-
priatOns amount to more than the appropri-
alton committees footings the treasury Off
GERS will follow the detailed appropriations
and not the footings of the committee. Bat
an inference of that kind might well be based
upon the facts For example, in the l"gIsla-
tive, Judicial and executive appropriation
bill the compensation of senate Officers amt
employees aS footed up hV the committee is
$342, 992; as appropriated by details $&li,
492; appropriations for Senate committees
as footed up by Appropriation committee
$50, 40; rs actually Appropriated, SCI $50;
compensation of House employees as footed
up by committee, S5N~, 1858, as actually APP
propriated S3yG, 4tis salaries in the clerk
office as footed up by the committee, ST.,
104 as actually appropriated, $>7.2Ui; clerks
and stcuOgraphcrs L. committees a. stated
in aggregate, $1,000; as appropriated by
items so 4,+p. And 50 the discrepancy runs
through ntlmerou, other items. There j.
only one instance in any appr"l Ration
where the total as summarized by the COM
mittee exceeds the detailed amounts set ONT in
the bill. and tina, i an error If 4 few nun
bred dollars in the appropriation for senate
pages. The accounting Officers hay" one III
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-03
SPAIN PROGRESSING.
Not the Semi-NIedi;eval Country That She
is Popularity Thought to be.

Spain is far from being the unprogressive
semi medieval country 1t is generally
thought to be. She started upon the road of
progress later than the other countries of
Western Europe, but she is advancing rap
idly. Her population Is increasing and, as
there is plenty of room in the country, is
likely to increase until she is again able to
assert her right to rank with the leading
nations The population was barely S,OOO,-
900 in the reign of Charles III. but is now
- 100000. The agricultural population,
which was only $685. eighty-tive wears
ago, is now 9, 32S, 600 and the area cultivated
has increased from So, 100000 acres to l93.-
100000. The head of cattle have doubled
since the commencement of the century, and
the industrial population has trebled Most
of the great central plateau of CASTLE and
Leon is capable of the closest cultivation and
probably received it in the days of the
Moorish occupation; while the coast PROV
inces are exuberantly fertile, as is the Ebro
valley. In 1860 the exports and imports
together were only s125 ass, 900, whereas they
are now 1912, 10000. The wine which two
decades ago could not be brought into the
worlds market, since bullock wagons were
the sole means of transportation, is now
transported by 5000 miles of railway, and
the produce is reckoned at 461 ,256 900
gallons.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-03
Plantation Philosophy.

Err oman wins er man by de way she
acks; er man wins er oman by what he
says.
Sometimes er dozen wise men may git ter
gerder ar be foolish, but er dozen fools
KANT neber git tergeder an be wise.
De thoughts dat er pusson thinks fur no
one but hissc'f air his best an his wrst
Dem whut comes between he gins ter de
public.
1t is sometimes easier ter hatter er wise
man den it is er fool, fur de wise man may
think dat ver's got some cause ter praise
him, but de fool may know at onct dat yer
or liar
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-03
HOlkar's Departure.

1have not seen an account given p1lbllclE
of the scene which led to the sudden de-
parture of Holkar from London. The DIS
agreement arose, or rather reached its climax,
before the laying of the foundation-stone OF
the Imperial Institute, and sprang out OF a
question of precedence, What" said the
prince, II follow brace of petty Germans
Certainly not" Sir Lepel Griffin relolns:
''Nonsense, you must 60. The Queen ex'
poets you, and will be angry at your az.
sence," and he seized Holkar's arm ana snlu
you must 60" What re]olned , holh"s
to his bear leader, "has the master become
the slave?" Then, kissing a Determined
"No, | will not co. he started almost III
mediately for Paris.-Lice'poo( Host.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-03
A Mere Boil.

The Amer of Afghanistan is not de-
sirable patient, if a story in an Indian jour-
nal may be trusted. Lately he was very i'll
doctor prescribed some lotion to bring the
boil to a head. Naturally the pain was tenn
porarily increased, and Abdurrahman was
so enraged with his doctor that he sent for
him the first thing in the morning and had
him beheaded on the spot.-Erchange
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-03
An Old Anchor.

A curious old anchor, very probably lost
by the early French missionaries, was found
at the head of Green bay. 1t appears to
have been constructed from young maple
tree having three branches from the root.
Another bar was faster. "a on. Thus far it is
like round-topped stool with four legs. On
the bottom Of these legs were fastened, with
mortise and lennon, the fukes, which were
bars of oak crossing each other-Eechange.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-03
The Wanderings of Famous Painting,

Murillo's Immaculate Convention, -
which was recently sold for $500, has been
bought by the King of the Netherlands, so
that this fine picture, which was stolen by
the French from the royal palace at Madrid,
will finish its wanderings at The Hague.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-03
FIRE LOSSES.
- q
GREATER IN 1887 THAN IN THE
WORST PREVIOUS YEARS.

startling Figures Showing How $4,000
900 Per Month Have Disappeared-ln-
cendiarism the Notable Cause, with
Defective Flues SecOnd-Insurance.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-03

The striking increase in the losses by
fire throughout the country is attracting
public as we'll as insurance attention.
The aggregate loss during 1886 was
round $105, 100000, the largest annual
loss on record except in 1884, when it
reached $11000O,000, and except of
course, the years of the Chicago and Bos-
ton fires But the current year bids fair
to look at its close upon the largest an
nual ash-heap that was ever seen. Inc
average monthly loss thus far in 1897 has
been over Sl0,00O,000, the total figures
being S1G,92S, 100 making seven-months'
loss larger than the entire annual loss OF
any year previous up to 1881, excepting
1873, and that year it was less than
81 00O0OO more. \ study Of the most
authentic tables Of losses develops some
very interesting facts. The following
table shows the aggregate property loss
and the aggregate insurance loss in the
United States tor the past ten years.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-03
WOMAN'S SPHERE.
A SERMON PREACHED BY THE
REV. L. DEWITT TALMAGE.

The Limitations of Sex Are Imposed by
Nature and Cannot be Removed by Leg
MISUNDERSTANDING Women Who For
sake Duty to Pirate About Their Rights.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-03

A sound discretion is not so mnch ~
dictated by never making a m'S''Ne a. "
never repeating it.-Bores
, 1887-04-14

This is the season for the red breasted
robin, as toothsome as he is pretty.
Abundant as these birds are in the up
county, they are nothing compared with
the number of those on the coast. In
the morning and evening they fly up and
down the banks" in gangs of millions.
The strips of beach are narrow, and it is
always easy to know just where the birds
lily. aince they pursue n certain route.
So tir lishermen-this being a dull sea
u-omploy their seines in catching birds.
They set the seines between tall poles on
the beach and catch thousands of robins
in u morning or afternoon. At one
flight a man caught over 1000. He
Ina n.y. half for food for his family and
81 iel the others. On Boguc bank,
wiNi 4 small net, a Mr.. Rose caught SOC
robins. The birds fly quite low. and dc
10 observe the net at all. The people
"ho have set the nets are always con
',d.,s! near by.-Raleigh Cor. Richmond
Dispatch.
, 1887-04-14
Navigation of the Air.

Among the securities to be dealt in for
the Consolidated Stock Exchange of New
York are those of the National Aerial
Navigation company. A corporation is
actually in existence, with a large capt.
tai, whose aim is to test the various in
ventions designed to give man as COM
plete control of the air as he now has of
the water and the earth, in carrying him
from point to point On the surface of the
globe. One good may result from the
wal in Europe. 1t is known that there
is II French bureau which has made sue
cessful experiments in cir navigation.
Captive balloons proved useful in the last
European war. Observations from them
gave some idea of the movements of the
enemy's various corps d'armee. A navi-
gable balloon or aerostat, under some sort
of control, would be of the utmost value,
as, moving from point to point, it could
discern and inform the general command
ing what the enemy's designs were. 1t
is known that a Capt. Ranard and others
have been able to navigate the cir when
there was no mrch wind blowing. But
the full results of the experiments have
been Il well kept military secret. I'm
doubtedly, war in Europe would develop
all hat has been done in aerial naviGa-
ton. But why wait for wm.-Demor-
est's Monthly.
, 1887-04-14
4 DECREASING slRrH RATS,
some Interesting Fnct- Conc crning 10
Growth of the United ii .Sdom.- -

some Interesting Facts Gone erning 10
Growth OF the United hi .Sdom.-
An eminent British statisticinn. Pr
Mrlhall. has contributed some interest ~"
information lately ON the subject OF i''H
growth Of the United Kingdom, which
contains. Mt the sainc time, many encour-
aging and discouraging facts. Mr.. Mulhail
finds, for instance, that while the popula-
ton of the United Kingdom is increasing
only IL per cent. per decade, its wealth
is growing % per e during the same
time, its trade 30, and its shipping Ga.
In vital statistics it is shown that the
death rate is rapidly decreasing, that
fewer children die and that people live to
much greater age than formerly. But
what particularly strikes Mr.. Mulhall and
alarms him for the future of Great Brit
ain is the fact that the proportion of
births to the population is steadily de-
creasing and has been decreasing for
years. Births per 1000 of population
fell off about 5 1-2 per cent n year in the
period 1ss1-S5, as compared with 1876
so, while the marriage rate declined only
l 1-2 per cent.
Mr.. Mulhall recognizes the fact that
these figures give ground for an apprc-
hension of physical decadence, - and calls
upon the British Medical association to
make a report upon it at the next session.
Examining the figures by geographical
divisions, he finds that the natural in
crease in population, or the excess Of
births over deaths, is at the rate Of 1913 per
1000 inhabitants in England and Wales,
1915 in Scotland and only Ga in Ireland.
This is especially significant in view Of
the fact that marriages are not as child
less in Ireland as in England, and more
children are born to each marriage; but
on the other hand, the marriage rate in
Ireland is now the lowest in the world,
and steadily declining in consequence of
the emigration of men and womenin the
prime of life. The result of this low
birth rate is very ~unfavorable TO the
country, the'dccrease in births amounting
to 80. 600 per year, us compared with the
last decade.
Such facts us these are always ALARM
ing. but a low birth rate seems to come
with civilization and wealth. France has
reached nearly a stationary position in re-
gard to population, the number of births
being Just sufficient to keep up the
population. New England has about
reached that state, and its popula-
ton would in all probability decline but
for immigration, and Mr.. Mulhall's figures
would indicate that Great Britain, which
III the past poured forth millions of people
to COLOMBO the world, is rapidly approach
ing that condition of physical decadence
where tho number of births will be barely
sufficient to prevent a decline in the popu-
lation of the country.-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
, 1887-04-14

What a truly beautiful world we live in!
Nature gives us grandeur OF mountains,
glens and oceans, and thousands of means
of enjoyment. We can desire no better
when in perfect health; but how often do
the majority of people feel like giving it
up disheartened. discouraged and worn
out with disease, when there is no occa-
sion for this feeling, as every sufferer can
easily obtain satisfactory proof, that
Green's August FIo,oer will make them
free from disease. as when born. Dys-
pepsia and Liver Complaint are the direct
causes of rs per cent OF such maladies as
Biliousness, Indigestion, Sick Headache,
Costivencss, Nervous Prostitution, Dizzi-
ness OF the Head. Palpitation Of the
Heart, and other distressing symptoms.
Three doses OF august Floper will prove
its wonderful effect. Sample bottles, ten
cents. Try il.
, 1887-04-14
Pretty slick.

A citizen of Cheyenne prominent
member of the last lie. slature-made 5000
and something else besides very slick yes
terday in "a real estate transaction. He
bought a couple of town lots Of another
parry who desired to sell them and gave in
payment his note for S400, payable in six
months at IL per cent interest. As the
purchaser is perfectly good financially and
otherwise, the grantor was quite willing
and even anxious to dispose of the lots in
that way, thinking. and no doubt cor
rectly, that he was doing well enough
with the property, and gave II warranty
deed for it ut once. The purchaser, how
ever, went up town, up one street and
down another, and before he got back
to his place of business he had sold the
TWO lots to a third party for 5000 and got
his cash for them.
, 1887-04-14
Sulphur iu the Air.

The quantity of burnt sulphur thai
escapes into the air is very great. Seven
and u half millions of tons of coal are
annually consumed in London. Now,
the average amount of sulphur in Eng
lish coal is l IA per cent. That would
give 03, 750 tons of sulphur burned every
year in London fires. If we consider
that OF an average twice the quantity Of
coal is consumed on u winter day that is
consumed Oh a summer day, no less than
BAT tons of sulphur are thrown into the
atmosphere every winter day in London.
This is IN alarming quantity, quite sufii-
Gent to account for the density of the
fogs i'll that city. But would it be ad-
visable to diminish the escape of sulphur
from the chimneys? Is it not better to
bear the ills" of the fogs than fly to
others which the absence of sulphur
might encourage? Burned sulphur is
not an unmitigated evil. During the
fogs the air is still and s%tagnant; there is
no current to clear away the deadly
germs that are being vomited into the
mir from the pestilential hotbeds of the
lowest slums. These death laden germs
might lie more fatal in the propagation
of the disease if the deodorizing and
amtiseptic properties of the sulphur were
not busy ut work. Boston Herald.
, 1887-04-14

In London laprooms, the quantity Of
liquor served in the glass ranges accord
ing to the pennies paid. "a two" uf
whisky or gin is equal to four cents
worth-about a small sized sherry glass
full. Meat" is without water. "Cold"
Is with cold water added, or 'hot water"
as you prefer. Brandy is sold from three
TO six pence worth. Sixpence twelve
American cents is the limit. But OF
course there is nothing-as police magis-
trates know to their sorrow-to prevent
m encore of quantity. In the c~ockney
slang gin is called white satin" and
"'alf a 60 O. white satin trans
lated means three pence worth of gin.
a "B. Il s. of course means
"a glass of brandy and soda" n
form of dissipation considerably intro
duced into America by the festive Eng
lish actor, Tho boy" is the pub
slang for champagne. Often some sprig
OF a clerk will he heard to ask for "a drop
of the boy. my dear" of the chatting
barmaid. Then, coming down to the
great beverage of England, ale, n glass Of
''old and bitter refers to the old ale and
the lighter bitter ale mixed. The names
Of pubs are often very odd. THE
Swan with Two Necks, - The Hen and
Chickens, THE Dapple Grey The
Cat and Fiddle, " The Bull and Mouth,
The Nuns Head, - 1.-THE Royal Oak"
"The Dun Cow, - - The Green Man."
etc. Most of thesa names como from the
old coaching days of England, and have
along with them some strange, fancitul,
often romantic traditions. Cor Phila-
lelnhia Record
, 1887-04-14

The snow which fell night before last
and yesterday, together with the rain
which came at intervals also, will have a
beneficial effect upon the ranges and will
be worth thousands of dollars to our cat
tlemen. 1t is Just what they have been
looking for and hoping would happen for
the past month, as the plains and ranges
were getting very dry and needed mois-
ture quite badly. Or course If it should
turn cold and remain so for a week or
more the good effect of the snow and rain
would to a great extent be neutralized
but this is a contingency not likely to
happen.
, 1887-04-14
G NJ ElHSH

Nervous Debility. Seminal Wakness.
Exhausted TtditN Last Munhood, and
all the terrible effects Of self abuse and
excuses in maturer years. such as noe
turnul emissions. loss of memory. dimness
of vision. aversion to societys the vital
fluid passing unobserycd in the urine and
other symptoms hat lead to insanity and
death. rUng AMI Mid,He .iged Men
suffering from the above should consult us
at once. tnre guaranteed ia al such
cases. rONSTLT ATION FREE
Chemical analysis, i~ocludiug thorough
microscopy, examinations OF the mine, 50.
An honest opinion given il all eases. We
furnish The Gycot English Rcn,ciy, Sir
'Ashw 6ooper's Tifoi Restorative, al 81 IL
bottle, or four times the quantity $40
SAMPLE BOTTLE FHEE
to anyone stating symptoms. sex and age.
Address English Medical Dispensary, No.
II Keornu 81, San Francisco. Gaia.
, 1887-04-14

There is not 50 much laziness in the
worm as people want to make out. We
all work, but it's always the other people
who are lazy. Now take the case of that
wealthy traveller who lived at one of our
hotels. He did not need to work. He
did not work; but what do you mean by
calling Il man lazy who could be the hero
of this story He had a most expensive
suite of ooins and no end of extras. A
friend went up to call on him i'll the fore
oon and found him just at breakfast.
He wa drinking tea and eating toast and
things. His manner was easy and de-
libcrate. He had finished the cup,a and
he looked calmly into it. Then he rose
and walked across the and rung the
bell. The servant came. "Ah.' he
said, Walter, | want another cup of
tea. Certainly, sir, - said the waiter,
and he calmly walked to the table, took
up the teapot and poured the tea into the
cup. Thank YOU" said the English
man. and went on with his breakfast.
San Francisco Chronicle.
, 1887-04-14

Capt. John Mctullagh, of the sixth
precinct. is AN expert on all that pertains
t.. ,rlssmoking. He has broken up more
POINTS than most New Workers would sup.
pose ever existed. He can tell an opium
smoker by looking at him, but he on
i, ., TAT lie il sometimes deceived by
the resemblance between the pipe hitters
and the cigarette smokers. Cigarette
smokers are so like opium smokers, he
says, 'that they have even the peculiar
odor of the pipe hitters. They also have
the same dry and ruddy cheeks. the same
parched lips, and the same habit OF con.
stantly wetting their lips with their
tongues The captain thinks therr must
he u great deal of opium in cigarettes
New York sun.
, 1887-04-14

l was present at a big fire in Tangicr.
when the helplcssness of the Moors in
cases of emergency was cxcmpliiied. y
sort Of oxtemporized fire brigade of blacks
and Moors was formed, but their method
of ~extinguishing the flames would have
astonished a London fireman.
II consisted of sending negroes by twos
and threes down to the beach, soIir
quarter Of a mile distant, each with ono
small basket ON his head, which he filled
with sand; then trotting back, poured it
ON the fire and returned for more.
If jabbering and gesticulating could
have put out the flames, little damage
would have been done; as it was, tie
house was completely gutted.-Foreign
letter